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(Put your pedal to some metal!)
(By Tyson)
Power
Chord are usually found in rock and metal music. They are extremely
simple if you can do bar chords, (which is cover in another lesson.)
Power chords use the three lower notes of your chord whereas regular
chords feed off of the higher strings as well. all right, now
it's time for your first power chord, E5, As you see, it's the same
fingering as Em... only you don't hit all the strings. Why E5
instead of E? This simple formula: root/fifth/octave
So now what if I want's to do A5? You may wonder, simple, you
bar the Em fingering on the 5'th fret like so. Then you hit the
three low strings.
The same thing for B5, just on the 7'th fret.
Also, the power chord is moveable and can be played in several places
on the neck as you can see from the B5 below, (the same fingering of
the chord on the open top is A.)
Power chords are often overlooked because of their easiness, but hey, it sounds cool, and heavy and all, and in my opinion if it sounds good, more power to 'ya. I'll close this with a powerchord riff by MxPx ("Party My House Be There")
E5-F#5-A5-B5 2x's A5-G#5-B5